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No. 405,508. PatentedJune 18, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEFICE.

ALFRED P. W. SEAMAN, OF`NElV YORK, N. Y.

TRAVELlNG-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 405,508, dated J une 18, 1889.

Application tiled July 3, 1888. Serial No. 278,932. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED P. lV. SEAMAN, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Traveling-Bag, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in traveling-bags, and has for its object 1o provide a bag which may be` used as a small hand-bagl or converted expeditiously and conveniently into a large valise of greater capacity than the said hand-bag.

The invention consists in providing a bag with a frame composed of three independent bent members pivoted together at their extremities, and in the combination, with said members, of an attached flexible body; and the invention further consists inthe combination and construction of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the bag when utilized as a valise. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same when partially converted into a hand-bag, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hand-bag thus formed.

In carrying out the invention the bag consists, primarily, of three independent framesections A, B, and D, which sections are constructed of light angle-iron or strap-iron, as in practice is found most desirable.

The several frame-sections A, B, and D are essentially U-shaped, as of the ordinary form, comprising, respectively, a horizontal member a, l), and d and vertical members a', ZJ', and d', which latter members constitute the sides, as best illustrated in Figs. l and 3.

In practice the extremities of the several vertical members of the frame-sections are pivotally united, as illustrated at C.

The body E of the bag is constructed of any suitable iiexible material-such as leather, canvas, leatherette, or a woven fabric-an d the said body material is preferably cut in such manner that one piece of material will form the bottom c and sides e, the upper opposing ends of the said strip being secured, respectively, to the horizontal member of the framesections A and B, as best illustrated in Fig. l, and the bottom at the center to the like member of the frame-section D. 5 The end pieces F/of the body are attached to the side pieces in any manner known to the trade, and likewise to the vertical members of the frame-sections A and B, as in the ordinary bag, and the vertical members of the frame-section Dare likewise secured to the said pieces perpendicularly of the center,

as illustrated in Fig. l.

The handle H, the lock h, and the clamps 7b are all secured to the main frame section A.

IIavin g thus described the formation of the bag when utilized a valise, I will now demonstrate the method of converting the same into the small hand-bag shown in Fig. 3. l This is accomplished in a simple and expeditious manner by carrying the frame-section B in contact with the similar section A, thereby closing the valise. The side of`the body emanating from the frame-section B is now pushed inward, and likewise the ends of the body, until the said side and ends are brought in engagement with the opposite body-surface secured to the frame section A, thus forming double walls for the bag and exposing the edge of the frame-section D contiguous to the main fram e-section A, as illustrated in Fig. 2. To complete the operation, the frame-section D is made` to engage with the under side of the closed frame-section B, as shown in Fig. 3, the one lock and clamp serving to secure all the sections which are now parallel.

By dressing both sides of the body material and employing strap-iron only for the frame-sections the bag maybe so manipulated that the sides will be interchangeable.

To 'recouvert the bag to avalise, the framesection D is brought down in vertical alignment with the main frame-section A and the sides drawn out, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 10o In a Convertible traveling-bag, the combination, with Jthe frames A B, forming the mouth of the bag, of the supplemental frame D, pivoted to close between the frames A B,

5 and adapted to be swung beneath said frames to support the bottom of the bag when at its normal size and to be closed Within the main frames when the size of the bag is reduced, and a fastening( device for holding the three frames together, as set forth. v

ALFRED P. V. SEAHAN. Witnesses:

J. F. ACKER, Jr., C.. SEDGWICK. 

